Weekly Menu February 28 - March 6

This is the first week of our monthly menu. We went through it in February and like it so far. There will definitely be a few changes down the road but for now it works.

Monday - Slow Cooker Mac 'n Cheese, Strawberry Salad
Tuesday - Meatloaf Muffin Cups, mashed potatoes
Wednesday - Brown Sugar Pork Chops, roasted vegetable
Thursday - Baked Tilapia, brown rice
Friday -
Saturday - Leftovers
Sunday - Oven Fried Chicken, glazed carrots

Lunches
Muffin Tin Monday
Turkey & Cheese
Nut Butter & Jam
Bagel & Cream Cheese
Muffins & fruit

Breakfasts
Sweet Couscous
Cold Cereal
Yogurt, Granola, & Fruit
Fluffy Eggs
Muffins
Rainbow Pancakes

Weekly Menu February 21 - 27

Dinner:
Monday - Tomato Soup and Waffle Iron Grilled Cheese Sandwiches, fresh fruit
Tuesday - Homemade Hawaiian Pizza, salad
Wednesday - Easy Pork Roast, Baked Acorn Squash
Thursday - Tuna Hot Dish, frozen peas
Friday - Little Lasagna Cups, fresh fruit
Saturday - Leftovers
Sunday - Oven Fried Chicken

For Breakfast we will have:
Pink Pancakes
Ham and Cheese Popovers
Green Monsters
Baked Oatmeal
Cold Cereal
Homemade Yogurt and fruit

Lunches are usually:
Muffin Tin Monday
What's For Lunch Wednesday

We linked up this menu with Super Jenn.

April 26- May 2

My menu this week has been so hard to put together. For some reason my heart was not in it this week. Regardless, here it is:
Monday

• Breakfast - Tiny Grape Upside-Down Cakes
• Lunch - Play date - cheese, fruit, crackers
• Dinner - Frozen meal (mom has to work)
• Snack - Peanut Butter bread

Tuesday

• Breakfast - Oatmeal with raisins
• Lunch - Quesadillas
• Dinner - Dinner Out (Joshua's birthday)
• Snack - Fruit

Wednesday

• Breakfast - fruit parfait
• Lunch - PB&J
• Dinner - Hilltop Farms Chicken, spinach and strawberry salad
• Snack - carrots and peanut butter

Thursday

• Breakfast - Pink Pancakes
• Lunch - Left overs
• Dinner - Quesadilla Casserole (Everyday with Rachel Ray)
• Snack - yogurt and granola

Friday

• Breakfast - cereal
• Lunch - crudite with cream cheese/yogurt, dill dip
• Dinner - Chicken Baked Samm (never made it last week), Brussels sprouts!?!
• Snack - cinnamon tortilla chips

Saturday

• Breakfast - Muffins and bananas
• Lunch - PB&J
• Dinner - Tuna Hot Dish (we have a lot of tuna), peas
• Snack - Zucchini muffins

Sunday

• Breakfast - Mini quiche
• Lunch - Chicken wraps
• Dinner - Crock Pot Lasagna, salad
• Snack - fruit

I need:

1. Cheese
2. Zucchini
3. Assorted fresh fruit (on sale only, I have a lot of canned)
4. Cream of Mushroom soup
5. Egg noodles
6. Potato chips
7. Assorted fresh veggies for crudite (anything I think the family will eat!)
8. Bananas

I have already spent a little of my food budget this week on Joshua's birthday present so I am going to have to stretch what I have left. Think I can do this with $40? I thought so. I am going to wait until Tuesday to do my shopping at Checkers this week. They have a good deal on bananas that day and maybe I can find other produce sales as well. Making a big dent in the pantry. Not as much in the freezer. I did find another almost full flat of diced tomatoes in the garage. We may need to have goulash again before Joshua leaves. I may even need to learn how to cook it. That is if I am allowed to stay in the kitchen this time.

April 19-25

My menu is not finished but it is pretty close. I spent a larger portion of the weekend working than I normally do so I am a little behind. Surfing around looking at other menu plans I came across a woman who posts a selection of meal options under each type of meal and then, I am assuming, makes a decision which one to prepare before hand. I am going to try that route as my plan seems to get shifted each week anyway. Joshua and I have tickets to see David Sedaris this week some time so we may cut one meal back and eat out. I also may change one meal to a crock pot chicken meal for the family while I am working Monday.

Breakfast

• Pink pancakes
• Cereal
• Popovers
• Yogurt
• Fluffy eggs
• Oven baked oatcakes

Lunch

• PB&J
• Chicken roll ups
• Quesadillas
• Leftovers

Dinner

• Goulash
• Chicken Baked Samm
• Tuna Noodle Casserole
• Shake-n-Bake pork chops (help?)
• Turkey Sliders
• Leftovers / sandwiches

Snacks

• Fruit
• Granola bars
• Cottage cheese

March 29 - April 4

So I am late getting my menu out. I have most of it put together but I have still yet to make my to-do or groceries lists. Best not to procrastinate for these reasons and just get it published.

Monday

• Breakfast - Cereal
• Lunch - Quiche
• Dinner - Seder meal with relatives
• Snack - PB&J (Audrey asked for it)

Tuesday

• Breakfast - Pink Pancakes
• Lunch -PB&J
• Dinner - Chicken Baked Samm
• Snack - Bunny Graham crackers and fruit

Wednesday

• Breakfast - Oatmeal/Yogurt
• Lunch - Cheese Sandwiches & fruit
• Dinner - Meatballs, pasta, peas, coleslaw
• Snack - granola bars

Thursday

• Breakfast - Toast Sandwiches
• Lunch - Chicken fingers
• Dinner - Tomato Lentil Soup, fruit salad
• Snack - cheese & fruit

Friday

• Breakfast - Eggs
• Lunch - Quesadillas
• Dinner - Turkey, broccoli, potatoes
• Snack - Carrots & peanut butter

Saturday

• Breakfast - Oatmeal/Yogurt
• Lunch - crudite, fruit, cheese
• Dinner - Spaghetti with meat sauce
• Snack - Applesauce

Sunday

• Breakfast - Smoothie
• Lunch - Turkey Sandwiches
• Dinner - Easter Meal (I am not cooking!)
• Snack - Eggs, of course

Check back as I update this to reflect changes in this holiday week menu. My in-laws or parents may take over cooking duties or take us out to dinner one or more nights not already marked. Changes will be reflected in the daily posts. 

March 22nd - 27th

My first week. I am looking forward to it. If this goes well there may be a side effect of better organization. Already my week is better laid out then it normally is. I still need to clean the refrigerator and pull a few items out of the freezer but it looks promising. I found all of  my recipes this week at Allrecipes.com.
Monday

• Breakfast - Yogurt (Audrey) and Oatmeal (me)
• Lunch - Quiche (we are having a playdate)
• Dinner - Mexican Pizza/salad/grapes
• Snacks - cereal bars

Tuesday

• Breakfast - Eggs
• Lunch - PB&J
• Dinner - Tuna Noodle Casserole/peas/apples
• Snacks - raisins and cheese

Wednesday

• Breakfast - cereal
• Lunch - Quesadillas
• Dinner - Baked Chicken/Kidney Bean Coleslaw/Diced Potatoes/Pineapples
• Snacks - carrots and peanut butter

Thursday

• Breakfast - French Toast
• Lunch - cottage cheese and fruit
• Dinner -Slow Cooker Turkey Breast/stuffing/sweet potatoes/mandarin oranges
• Snacks - cheese and crackers

Friday

• Breakfast - Yogurt (Audrey) and Oatmeal (me)
• Lunch - cheese sandwiches
• Dinner - Lasagna/salad/bread/pears
• Snacks - granola bars

Saturday

• Breakfast - Pancakes
• Lunch - Mac -n- Cheese
• Dinner - off (my birthday)
• Snacks - hummus and tortillas

Sunday

• Breakfast - cereal
• Lunch -PB&J
• Dinner - Oven Fried Chicken/candied carrots/peas/grapes
• Snacks - bananas

The weekly planner I am using has a place for notes and this is where I have listed what tasks I need to complete for the meals this week. This includes items like thaw chicken and turkey and shred cabbage. There is also the usual grocery list.  Here is what I need to purchase this week:

• baby carrots
• tomato
• egg noodles
• potato chips
• apples
• sweet potatoes
• lettuce
• onion soup mix
• cheese
• lemon
• grapes

Wish me luck! I am open to ideas and encouragement so please leave me comments.I forgot to add that I am participating in a linkup with this meal plan. Check out Super Jenn to see the challenge.